Post by Owen on Jul 16, 2022 6:33:04 GMT
1 ~~~ What Flying Was Like 30 Years Ago ~ Conde Nast ~~~
If we could turn back time...
In 1987, the global airline industry was drastically different. The largest carrier stateside was United Airlines, which has since given up that title to Delta; and the world’s newest major airport was London City, the business-aimed alternative to Heathrow, freshly opened by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. But for the ordinary traveler, how has the in-flight experience changed? And is it entirely for the better?
The single biggest change has to do with a lit cigarette at 30,000 feet. In the 1980s, most flights resembled a boardroom scene from Mad Men. Sure, the plane was divided into smoking and non-smoking sections, but confined spaces made the latter a technical designation. On some long-haul flights, the smoke often became so dense it was almost impossible to carry out in-flight service. “We would have to call the captain and ask him, ‘Can you turn on the 'No Smoking' sign for 20 minutes to clear the air?’” says Rene Foss, a flight attendant who turned her experiences into a book and cabaret show, [Around the World in a Bad Mood!]
edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/08/19/flight.attendant.play/index.html
By 1988, in-flight smoking was banned on domestic flights two hours or less, with one airline even distributing free gum to help distract [antsy puffers]
news.google.com/newspapers?id=vnEhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TogFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3308%2C6108867
Banning smoking on international flights took longer—once legislation was enacted in 2000,
passengers were also slower to obey, slinking off to the bathroom for a smoke, says Foss.
“For a number of years, there was a concern we’d have a fire on board."
www.cntraveler.com/story/what-flying-was-like-30-years-ago?
28 August 2017
If we could turn back time...
In 1987, the global airline industry was drastically different. The largest carrier stateside was United Airlines, which has since given up that title to Delta; and the world’s newest major airport was London City, the business-aimed alternative to Heathrow, freshly opened by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. But for the ordinary traveler, how has the in-flight experience changed? And is it entirely for the better?
The single biggest change has to do with a lit cigarette at 30,000 feet. In the 1980s, most flights resembled a boardroom scene from Mad Men. Sure, the plane was divided into smoking and non-smoking sections, but confined spaces made the latter a technical designation. On some long-haul flights, the smoke often became so dense it was almost impossible to carry out in-flight service. “We would have to call the captain and ask him, ‘Can you turn on the 'No Smoking' sign for 20 minutes to clear the air?’” says Rene Foss, a flight attendant who turned her experiences into a book and cabaret show, [Around the World in a Bad Mood!]
edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/08/19/flight.attendant.play/index.html
By 1988, in-flight smoking was banned on domestic flights two hours or less, with one airline even distributing free gum to help distract [antsy puffers]
news.google.com/newspapers?id=vnEhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TogFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3308%2C6108867
Banning smoking on international flights took longer—once legislation was enacted in 2000,
passengers were also slower to obey, slinking off to the bathroom for a smoke, says Foss.
“For a number of years, there was a concern we’d have a fire on board."
www.cntraveler.com/story/what-flying-was-like-30-years-ago?
28 August 2017